MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Janson Junk
Janson Junk
MIA · P
Change to
Kodai Senga
NYM · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kodai Senga.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Janson Junk’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Kodai Senga wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Janson Junk wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Janson Junk
94.2
Kodai Senga
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Janson Junk
8.6%
Kodai Senga
13.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Janson Junk
17.3%
Kodai Senga
25.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Janson Junk
28.1%
Kodai Senga
26.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Janson Junk
41.4%
Kodai Senga
38.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Janson Junk
7.2%
Kodai Senga
13.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Janson Junk
.317
Kodai Senga
.354
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Janson Junk
2.148.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.80
4.18
Kodai Senga
2.148.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Janson Junk
1.042.21
now 1.30
1.35
Kodai Senga
1.042.21
now 1.95
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Janson Junk
4052.40
now 43
35
Kodai Senga
4052.40
now 23
44
Winshigher is better
Janson Junk
.0004.20
now 3
23
Kodai Senga
.0004.20
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyJanson Junk — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeKodai Senga — hold.conf 0.55
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